“At Dawn They Sleep” and “Praise of Death” shift between chugging rhythms and breakneck assaults, while the punishing “Crypts of Eternity” culminates in a torrent of guitar and a blood-curdling scream from Tom Araya. ![]() Brian Slagel’s production style is deeper and sludgier than Show No Mercy. The opening song begins as a descent into Hades: deranged guitar fades in as the listener is greeted with a backwards recording of a demonic voice repeating the phrase “join us.” Like a locomotive picking up steam, “Hell Awaits” starts out as a steady punching riff before exploding into a torrent of bliztkrieg guitar. It's fully immersed in the band’s signature style of hellish thrash. ![]() Hell Awaits is a huge leap forward from Slayer’s debut album, Show No Mercy.
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